“The Hottest on record”

“The Year 2014 ranks as the warmest since 1880.” Said President Obama in his State of the Union speech.

Obama cited the separate findings of two federal agencies, NASA and NOAA.

But wait… when the figures were independently analyzed there was a only a 48% probability that 2014 was the warmest year in NOAA’s land and sea-surface records, and just a 38% probability in NASA’s !!

(The “USA hottest year ever !” was 1933 )

Maybe they were being clairvoyant & meant 2015 –

“The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for July 2015 was the highest for July in the 136-year period of record, at 0.81°C (1.46°F) above the 20th century average of 15.8°C (60.4°F), surpassing the previous record set in 1998 by 0.08°C (0.14°F).” https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201507

But – here is what the National Centers for Environmental Prediction ( NCEP) data shows for July temps.